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A rise in traffic fatalities is raising concerns among the community as Las Vegas Metropolitan Police report 111 deaths so far in 2024. That number is getting closer to the nearly 160 people reported dying in collisions in 2023.
The Democrats' not-so-secret weapon in Nevada is an army of service workers from the Culinary Workers Union who have been helping deliver the party victories for several elections.
According to researchers at UNLV, atmospheric water harvesting may pose a solution to our valley’s water woes, and a new startup called WAVR aims to push the technology into the real word.
Our Milky Way has a strange, monstrous black hole at its center, which is spinning extremely fast and out of direction with respect to the rest of the galaxy. An international research team has just discovered why the monster black hole Sagittarius A* (Sagittarius A*) appears to be “lost” compared to the rest of the Milky Way.
A 16-year-old is accused of driving without a license while also carrying an 11-year-old passenger when the car hit another vehicle, killing two men according to Las Vegas Police. “Any time you have a situation where you have speed on one vehicle and low speed on the other vehicle, we see the people in the low-speed vehicle being the ones who lose their lives,” Erin Breen, the director of the Road Equity Alliance Project at UNLV said.
When you check into a hotel, you usually get a feeling of comfort. The beds are made, there are fresh towels in the bathroom and little gifts to welcome you. The long-awaited vacation is finally beginning. But a hotel stay can also turn out differently. According to experts, many viruses and bacteria lurk in hotel rooms. In this context, epidemiologist Brian Labus points to a very specific object: the ice bucket. What's behind it and how you can protect yourself.
Paradise is an unincorporated township that encompasses large swaths of the Las Vegas Strip and has a unique history regarding its name dating back to the turn of the 20th century. Technically UNLV’s campus, Harry Reid International Airport and most of the casinos on the Strip are not within the city of Las Vegas, but located within Clark County and Paradise.
You’d be forgiven for thinking you need an advanced degree to understand airplane boarding. In fact, even scientists have tried to crack the mystery of why boarding a plane can take so long. As airlines experiment with different methods, carriers have introduced processes so complex that they include as many as 10 different boarding groups — and even those in “Group 1” might find themselves boarding behind others. If you’re curious about this often-dreaded part of the air travel experience, take a closer look at how airlines determine how to board a plane.